Productivity Articles
4 articles across AI Catchup's news, guides, tutorials, and comparisons.
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Claude Can Now Send Gmail Emails and Manage Google Drive Files
Anthropic's Claude can now send and reply to Gmail messages and manage Google Drive files from the connectors menu. The official announcement says the update is available on paid plans, while Anthropic's current help documentation details approval prompts, supported actions, admin controls, and important data-access limits.
Chrome Gemini Skills Library: What Google Documents, and How to Decide What to Pin
Chrome's pre-built Gemini Skills library lives at chrome://skills/browse. Google documents that Skills ship built in, can be edited, sync to any signed-in Chrome desktop, run on the page you are viewing plus any tabs you select, and can take actions with confirmation. Google has never published a Skill count or a fixed category list.
Perplexity Personal Computer: Complete Guide to the Always-On Mac AI Agent
Perplexity Personal Computer is a Mac app launched April 16, 2026 that lets a Perplexity agent operate your local files, native apps, and browser through a single Cmd+Cmd activation. It runs best on a dedicated Mac mini for 24/7 use, requires the $200/month Perplexity Max plan, and works through a sandboxed action layer with auditable, reversible actions. This guide covers setup, the workflows where it actually saves time, and what to do when it goes sideways.
Chrome Skills: How to Save Gemini Prompts as One-Click Tools (Complete Guide)
Chrome Skills launched April 14, 2026 turn any Gemini prompt into a reusable one-click button inside the Chrome side panel. You can save your own prompts as Skills, run them across single or multiple tabs, edit any pre-built Skill, and trigger the whole library with the forward-slash menu. This guide covers the setup, the workflows worth automating first, and the limits to know about.